People at the lower levels are now watching the actions of those at the top. The exodus of wealthy conglomerates inevitably causes anxiety and a tendency for ordinary people to follow suit.
So even if they wanted to leave, the Hong Kong government would impose restrictions everywhere.
Zheng Yutong lowered her head. "I've already had my wife and children go to the immigration office to complete the procedures. My idea is to get them safely transferred out first."
"As for myself, I'll leave myself a way to get back to the mainland."
Guo Bingxiang has always been against such underhanded tactics, but this time he surprisingly expressed understanding for Uncle Tong's actions.
"You reacted quickly; you moved your wife and children overseas, and then found a pretext to transfer your assets out of the country."
"You're still in Hong Kong, so neither the Hong Kong Immigration Bureau nor the Financial Secretary can do anything to you."
Zheng Yutong chuckled softly, took a drag of her cigarette, and continued, "I advise you to act quickly. We don't know what the wind is blowing on the mainland. What if they change their tune after Hong Kong's return to China and turn on us behind closed doors? We won't even have a way out."
Their strong reaction stems from the fact that, as Hong Kong's top tycoons, they are at the center of this political upheaval.
However, Guo Bingxiang is a young person of his generation, and he is still optimistic about this.
He hesitated before saying, "I'd like to hear Uncle Li's opinion on this."
Li Ka-shing is Hong Kong's richest man, and he has always had a good relationship with the mainland. Zheng Yutong has tried several times to use Li Ka-shing to test the mainland's attitude.
The Kwok and Li families have always been close, and Kwok Ping-cheung has regarded Li Ka-shing as his uncle since childhood.
After his father passed away, the family business was handed over to him. Whenever he encountered difficulties, Guo Bingxiang would usually seek help from Li Ka-shing.
However, it seems that Li Ka-shing's connections in mainland China have recently run into some problems, so all news about the mainland has become very slow to arrive.
The Guo family and the Li family have a good relationship. As long as Li Ka-shing doesn't take any action, he doesn't plan to immigrate with the group.
Even top-tier wealthy conglomerates, despite having the ability to obtain green cards, are not allowed to leave by the immigration authorities.
However, Hong Kong is a window to the world, and with its booming economy, there are countless wealthy people, not just the four major families of Hong Kong.
With the deadline for Hong Kong's return to China fast approaching, many wealthy individuals have already disposed of their assets and emigrated with their entire families.
Hong Kong and British media outlets have been widely reporting on public platforms that after Hong Kong's return to China, it is very likely that the country will return to a state of political repression and economic deprivation.
Although the news reports were expressed in a veiled manner, many media outlets used subtle language to repeatedly imply that the mainland would exert pressure on Hong Kong's economy and politics after its return to China.
What they fear is that after Hong Kong's return to China, the central government agencies on the mainland will make an example of them as a warning to others.
Regarding this matter, Soros commented, "These people are adept at maneuvering in Hong Kong. The reason they resist Hong Kong's return to China is because they are afraid that the mainland's top leadership will hold them accountable after the handover."
Cyber didn't quite understand. "After Hong Kong's return to China, the previous free market system was still implemented. This was a promise made by the mainland government to Hong Kong."
"Hong Kong will inevitably attract worldwide attention in the short term, but will the mainland make any big splash at this critical juncture?"
Soros smiled and said to Cyber, "You still don't understand."
"It's not that the mainland wants to deal with them, but that they themselves are not clean."
"During the initial stage of capital accumulation, who can guarantee that the assets they possess are from legitimate sources?"
At this point, Cyber suddenly understood something.
Ultimately, those wealthy conglomerates that are easily swayed by anxiety are burdened with many problems, which is why they fear the return of Hong Kong.
Because they don't know whether the mainland will hold them accountable for past events after Hong Kong's return to China.
“They’ve already run away in fear before the mainland has even made a statement.” Cyber shook his head. “These people seem to be top billionaires, but they’re nothing special.”
Soros put down the phone. "Even the largest wealthy conglomerates only have economic power. How can they stand up against a country?"
"Alright, let's get back to business. I just called the foundation, and they've replied to me."
Cyber looked at Soros with some excitement, and then heard him say, "Gather private equity funds and slowly buy small-cap stocks in the currency trading market."
"We need to go full steam ahead and prepare to acquire more assets."
"The operation is about to begin!" Cyber felt his blood boiling.
After becoming a partner at Asia Travel Capital, this was his first time participating in such a large international investment and his first time joining an international speculator group.
This time, they are preparing to target Hong Kong's currency market.
Hong Kong's wealthy conglomerates are either leaving or transferring assets.
Some manufacturing companies, seeing that the financial crisis was about to hit Hong Kong, decided to take a desperate gamble and close all their stores to avoid losing everything.
Afang's braised food shop hasn't had any customers for two days.
The prepared braising liquid couldn't be sold; the new store had just opened and was already experiencing such a slump.
While swatting flies in the shop, Afang's mother complained that her daughter had offended the customers, which was why they weren't coming anymore.
When Chen Dong saw that Afang's mother was blaming Afang for the poor business, he retorted, "This has nothing to do with Afang, Aunt Cui. Look at this whole street, business is bad."
As they were talking, it suddenly started raining heavily outside.
Afang and Chen Dong hurriedly moved the cooking utensils that were placed outside the store inside.
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